The genus Ramicrusta is a red calcifying macroalgal that colonizes any hard substrate, often overgrowing numerous living sessile organisms (Eckrich & Engel, 2013). Despite its ability to overgrow sponges, gorgonians, and crustose coralline algae, Ramicrusta has high interactions with reef-building corals (Edmunds et al., 2019). Coral genera exhibit varying levels of vulnerability to Ramicrusta colonization, with Orbicella sp. among the worst competitors and experience the highest alga overgrowth rates (Hollister et al., 2021).